Comment by travanx

I was a college freshman going from home dial up BBS's to a major university's internet speeds. Ripped a bunch of CD's to that Diamond Rio and loved running instead of using my tape player to make running playlists. I remember some type of way to reencode the mp3's in Windows on the fly to fit more on the tiny storage. I think Apple getting their connection into aftermarket car radios at the time was a big factor in a universal standard which made having an iPod almost necessary for people driving. My standout MP3 players were the Diamond Rio and Creative Muvo 4GB. The smaller iPod mini was really nice for running though.